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Completed - ENGLISH - Thriller - 88 minutes

Log Line

When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, begins to receive mysterious phone calls from an unknown caller she quickly begins to feel haunted in her own home. When she discovers that the person is calling from the past, Mary realises that she will have to kill her in order to survive.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
  • AFM 2009 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2010 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2010 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Matthew PARKHILL
Writer(s) : Sergio CASCI
Cast : Rachel LEFEVRE, Stephen MOYER, Luis GUSMAN, Lorna RAVER

Producer(s) : Piers TEMPEST (Salt), Robin FOX (Alcove Entertainment), Amina DASMAL (Alcove Entertainment)

Synopsis

When troubled divorcee, Mary Kee, sets up home in her new apartment, she stumbles across an old telephone which she quickly falls in love with. Struck by its antique charm, she gives it pride of place in her home.
Before long, Mary begins to receive strange phone calls from a mysterious, unknown caller. Over time, she discovers that the caller is a woman called Rose and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. However, when Rose claims to be calling from the past, Mary begins to question her new friend’s motives.
As Rose’s phone calls become ever more disturbing, Mary’s sense of terror escalates. Feeling haunted in her own home, she cuts all contact with Rose.
Enraged by Mary’s betrayal, Rose threatens to exact her terrible revenge. Not on Mary in the present but on Mary as a child in the past.
Mary finally realises that she will have to kill Rose in order to save herself, But how can she kill someone living in the past and what will happen if she fails?
From the director of internationally acclaimed DOT THE I, THE CALLER is a chilling supernatural thriller in the tradition of THE GRUDGE and THE RING.

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Country(ies) : USA

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